Nowadays
there is a big demand for crossovers in the Indian automobile market. Customers
prefer cars which can be used for daily office going and also for weekend
trips. The mini SUVs named crossovers are fit for these duties. The crossover
has the qualities of a city car like compactness, good mileages and
comparatively low prices. They are also designed as a utility vehicle built on
a hatchback or sedan platform with better ground clearances, bigger tyres and
rugged bodies. The success of the new crossovers has prompted many car makers
to have at least one of these kinds in their portfolio.
The
Fiat India Automobiles Limited (FIAL) has showed cased the cross-over Avventura
during the 2014 Indian Auto expo. The car has been launched on 21/10/2014. The
Avventura comes in 2 petrol and 3 diesel variants priced Rupees 6.44 to 8.49 laky.
The Active1.4 and the Dynamic1.4 are the petrol variants and the Active Multihued
1.3, the Dynamic Multijet1.3 and the Emotion Multijet1.3 are the diesel
variants.
The
Avventura has a smooth body with sporty looks. It comes in colours of hip hop
black, bronze tap, minimal grey, exotica red, zafferano orange and vocal white.
The Avventura based on the hatchback Punto has more SUV like features like roof
rails, tail gate mounted spare wheel, plastic claddings, side mouldings with
the name written over, sleek head lights and a one piece grille and air intake
separated by a grey coloured bash plate.
The
cabin of the Fiat Avventura is similar to that of the hatchback, but with more
features. The standard features of the cabin include a manual AC, an engine
immobilizer, child lock and central lock facilities, fabric seats, power
steering with tilt column, frontal power windows, fully foldable rear seat and
electric ORVMs with turn indicators. The Dynamic variants have ABS, EBD, power
windows, electric body colored ORVMs with blinkers and a 1 Din music system
additionally. The Emotion variant has 2 air bags, middle row 3 point seat belt,
an automatic AC, rear wiper and defogger and Bluetooth connectivity for phone
and audio controls.
The
Petrol variants of the Avventura are powered by 1.4 litre engines giving
mileages of 14.4 kmpl and the diesel variants by 1.3 litre engines giving
mileages of 20.5 kmpl. The 3989 mm long Avventura has a wheel base of 2510 mm
and a segmental best ground clearance of 205 mm. The suspensions are McPherson
struts at the front and torsion beams at the rear.
Stylish
looks, segmental best ground clearances and classy cabins are the plus points
of the Fiat Avventura. The competition comes from the likes of the Ford
EcoSport, the Renault Duster and the Toyota Etios Cross.
Article Reference : www.autoportal.com/newcars/fiat/avventura www.carsexpert.in/fiat-cars/avventura